Actually the gameplay IS much better. The roommate got it for his 360 and dear god... the game is more or less for masochists only, it's such a pain to have a normal combat with any tactics that I'd never buy the game if it was just for consoles.

On the upside, because of this this game has some of the best gameplay realesed any recent memory. The last good RPG before that was the Witcher and before that... well I forget.

Yes, that would be in the USA where you can now buy a PS3 for $299, but here the PS3 costs $600 (down from $750). So, take your $500 and double it, then add another $500 just because well spec'd computers here are an easy target for high margins and then you will have the cost of a computer that can handle a game like DA:O where I live.

exchange rate at the moment is 72c US to $1. But everything is pretty much double or worse compared to US prices.

My 32" 720p Sony Bravia was $1250. How much is the same TV in your neck of the woods? $500 or less I'd guess.

I think the only thing that's cheaper here is sausage meat.

not bad for bioware i thought they were 360 veterans

If your PC can't run it, I'd go with the PS3 version simply because there may be a chance of PS3 owners having access to mods. It's not a guranteed to occur but UT3 managed to get access to some of the PC mods. My laptop is nearly a year and half old and I don't have a problem running the game maxed out at 1440x900 which my laptop's max resolution. After playing the PC game and hearing about the some changes to the console version, I'd have to agree with Nanzatips. This game was clearly made with the PC in mind.

Yeah, that's about right, but $500 2 and a half years ago is $300 today.